Unusual twists which brought about the high-floor prototype Bristol RE

The High-Floor RE Prototype - South Midland Car 867

An aspirant Western National Driver presents for his PSV test at Taunton Depot in 1947

On the Buses - For Real - The Test

The origins of what would become Thames Valley Traction Co. Ltd - a local branch of British Automobile Traction established in Reading in 1915

Origins and Early Days of British Reading Branch

A closer look at YF 714, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

An illustrated account of the first run of DBL 154 in TV&GWOT ownership

446 Inaugural Run

Royal Blue destination labels through the years

Express Relief

A young man returns from WWII service working first as a lorry driver then applying for a job with Western National in Taunton

On the Buses - For Real - The Beginnings

Pictorial review of the Supporters' tour across the narrow bridges of Dartmoor

Kingsbridge 2017 - a Day Out With the Little Ones

Photos from 2017 events, so far: fro' Penzance to Brighton, Didcot, Taunton, Buckfasleigh and Exmouth

Supporters' Scrapbook

Complexities of operating the TV High Wycombe Depot from the perspective of the Traffic Superintendent's assistant in the late 1960s

Tough Times at High Wycombe in the 1960s

A closer look at JUO 992, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

The role of a lone Thornycroft BC which transferred to TV as Car 257 from the GWR Road Motors

From Boadicea to Alfred the Great - A Thames Valley Oddity

Background to the co-ordination scheme which saw Cheltenham become a key hub for Associated Motorways operations

The Cheltenham Co-ordination Scheme

The characteristics of Bristol's 5-speed overdrive gearbox and techniques for mastering it, shared by a driver

On the Buses - For Real - Right and Forward

A look back at the history of VCS following TV&GWOT's Coach Festival marking the 85th anniversary of the London terminus

The London Terminus

A look back at the history of VCS following TV&GWOT's Coach Festival marking the 85th anniversary of the London terminus

Vehicle Profile

The lengths TVT went to to refurbish surviving war-torn Leylands and new vehicle orders to provide post-war services

The Vincent-bodied Bristol Coaches of Thames Valley

Pictorial Review of the Devon Day for Supporters in early 2017

Supporters' Day, Devon

Modern day use of "Royal Blue" branding in Reading

Royal Blue…..still in Reading?!

Recollections of ex-Royal Blue AEC Reliances in their last days of service for Western National in Taunton

On the Buses - For Real - Hunting Reliances

The work of local agents (and all the paperwork) for passengers to book long distance coach travel

Special Agents

A closer look at EDV 555D, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

Pictorial review of Volunteers' post-Kingsbridge tour over Dartmoor

After the Ball

Research reveals one man's links with Great Western Road Motors operations from Slough to Penzance a century ago

Wanderings of a Road Motors Man

Cataloguing the TV FLFs from start to finish - 1960 to 1985

An Overview of Thames Valley Bristol FLF History

The characters and vehicles witnessed by a TV scheduler from 1949 into the 1950s

Scheduling the 'Valley

Pictorial review of the Kingsbridge running day, September 2016

A Day Like No Other

A closer look at MRD 147, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

Bournemouth's bus and coach station - remodelling, use through the mid 20th century and destruction in a fire now 40 years ago

Double Decked in Bournemouth (Part 2)

Some remarkable coincidences in the fleet number digits of TV&GWOT vehicles.

What's in a Number?

A contemporary account of West Country bus operations from 1955

Western Wanderings

Bournemouth's bus and coach station - origins in 1931 and early years

Double Decked in Bournemouth (Part 1)

Alder Valley's struggles with vehicle reliability in the early 1970s

A Fascinating Journey

A closer look at MOD 973, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

GWR Road Motors operations at Newbury where uncharacteristically  things were anything but smooth

The GWR Road Motors at Newbury

A modern day perspective of grappling with driving a preserved Dennis Mace

Dennis the Men-Ace

Pictorial Review of events in the year so far - Penzance, Didcot, London to Brighton, Taunton, Fawley and the Royal Blue Run

Supporters' Scrapbook

Pictorial Review of events in the year so far - Penzance, Didcot, London to Brighton, Taunton, Fawley and the Royal Blue Run

On the Buses - For Real - Master Aces

The arrival of refreshment stops for coach services through Reading and The Colonnade

Reading's Colonnade Coach Station

Pictorial Review of the Berkshire Day for Supporters in early 2016

Supporters' Day, Berkshire

A closer look at GRX  140D, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

Intrigue surrounding the departure of Bristol SUL 420 from Trowbridge defeating even the most diligent sleuth

Pure as the Driven Snow

The effects of WWII on coaching and the revival of coach services 70 years ago

Suspended for the Duration

Buses that know how to make an entrance are followed to their new West Country home

Piggy Backs and Pulls

The hub of Taunton Depot's early post-WWII operations from Tower Street and the officials to be found there

On the Buses - For Real - The Regulator

A tour of Coaching Refreshment Stops frequented by Royal Blue

"20 minute stop - we leave at 11.40"

A closer look at VW 2013, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

Introducing a project to overhaul ticket machines for running day use

Project Fares Please!

Pictorial review of events in 2015

Supporting 2015

How TVT came to set up in Bracknell - prompted by the recent closure of First Group's depot there

The Origins of Bracknell Garage

Bus operations in the snow past and present - in pictures

Season's Greetings

The first day of a new bus driver reporting for duty at Hamilton Road depot, Taunton

On the Buses - For Real - The New Boy

Pictorial review of TV&GWOT's TV100 celebration

Thames Valley 100 - Our Celebration of an Important Centenary

Transition of the London to Weston-super-Mare service from joint operation with Royal Blue to Bristol Greyhound alone

Coaching the Old Bath Road

Pictorial review of the Kingsbridge Running day 2015

Kingsbridge 2015 - A record-breaking running Day in South Devon

Pictorial high/low lights marking the end of former Western National operations in the Plymouth area on 5 September 2015

The Final Day of First Devon

A closer look at DBL 154, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

Continuing a tale from To & Fro’ 002, the destiny of 866 (520ABL) is revealed

Car 866: Thames Valley’s MW Coach

A collection of vintage West Country postcards, each featuring contemporary buses

Wish you were there?

Reflections on the ‘Day out in the Late 1960s’ staged by TV&GWOT in Tavistock in July 2019

All change in Tavistock

Special events supporting Reading Buses, and marking 100 and 110 years since the first GWR Road Motor services to Dartmouth and Salcombe

Flaming June ….and July!

The emergence of local ‘express’ services for travel around the Reading area

Express Reading: Part 1

To and fro’ Editor, David Sheppard’s progression through teenage years is matched by growth in the family fleet

30 Years’ Service: Part 3

The genesis of Royal Blue on the Birkenhead-Didcot-Newbury-Southampton axis, perpendicular to the Paddington to Penzance one

From Coast to Coast

Tracing TV&GWOT’s Bristol SUL 692 on its prize-winning trip on the HCVS run to Brighton

The Road to Brighton

Stunning photographs from TVG&WOT’s record breaking events at Penzance and Didcot in early 2019

Record Breakers

The mammoth task of transporting race goers from the railhead at Windsor to Royal Ascot from the 1920s to ’50s

On behalf of GWR – Thames Valley to Ascot Races

To and fro’ Editor, David Sheppard, progresses from eager child to the responsibilities of bus ownership and restoration

30 Years’ Service: Part 2

Remembering the Millbrook Steamboat Company, 90 years after incorporation – a significant provider of both river and road transport on the Rame Peninsula in SE Cornwall

Pride of the Peninsula

The Lydney-bodied Regals

The Red&White Legacy

Visualising unique liveries of the small batches of pre-war coaches taken by the Thames Valley

Thames Valley Coaches in Colour

How suitable refreshment stops used by Royal Blue services were found

Catering for the Passengers

To and fro’ Editor, David Sheppard, gives an amusing and enlightening account of his first encounters with buses and preservation

30 Years’ Service: Part 1

More tales from Royal Blue drivers who, for reasons of deviation, are anonymous

More…..Driving “The Blues”

The many celebrations marking the trolleybus operations in Reading which ceased 50 years ago brought together in pictures

Trolleybus Gold

A closer look at FDV 790V, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

The interesting trio of AEC Regents that passed through the Newbury & District fleet

The Red&White Legacy

Memories from a man who was there contrasting then and now

Remembering Reading’s Trolleybuses 50 years after departure

Different flavours of West Country vehicles in pictures

Christmas selection box

A look back at a Thames Valley legend, their only 'long' rear entrance Lodekka, Bristol LDL Car 779

Big Bertha

Pictorial review of the 11th vintage bus running day in Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge 2018

Pictures from the BTS celebration of Reading Trolleybuses at Sandtoft

The Year of the Trolley

The history of Highways' motor coach service from London, through the Thames Valley to the West Country in the late 1920s / early 1930s

Highways to the West

How passengers on buses from Taunton in the early post-WWII period could turn every journey into its own pantomime

On the Buses - For Real - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

The inspiration for and realisation of the dream of re-creating the 1968 scene in Tavistock for the 2018 mini running day

Our Day Out in 1968

Pictorial review of the running day and trolleybus commemoration in June 2018

Thames Valley & Reading Running Day

A wry comparison between experiences of Tavistock's bus running day and travellers making their way to Goosey Fair

Moorland Adventures  Past and Present

Royal Blue ticketing and system developments through the 1940s and '50s

Tickets Please!

Glimpsed in To and fro' 013, the history (and future) of Southern National 2625, a remarkable MW survivor, is revealed

Hand Picked MW: Southern National 2625

An amazing account of transporting a horse with a Thames Valley Bristol KSW6B

Room for 8 standing (or 1 horse)

Pictorial review of the 2018 Royal Blue Run

Royal Blue Reflections

Vehicles and experiences travelling on Thames Valley Traction's Service 25 between Flackwell Heath and High Wycombe in the late 1940s / early 1950s

Follow Things Worthy of You

Pictorial review of the Exeter-Minehead trip following the joint DG/WN service 217

Scenes from a Special Monday

The challenges and camaraderie that retrieving an abandoned Western National Beadle-Bedford from deepest Wales entails

The Jolly Boys' Outings

The many stages in researching and planning a Royal Blue run are unveiled

Routing the Run

Pictorial view of the 1968 scene in Tavistock that the mini Running Day is set to re-create

That Tavistock Feeling

A closer look at LTA 995, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

The influence of Red&White on South Midland under Thames Valley in the guise of Coach 85

The Red&White Legacy

Tales from Royal Blue drivers who, for reasons of the content, are anonymous

Driving "The Blues"

How a 1950s' bus driver based at Taunton kept his body warm, if not always his heart

On the Buses - For Real - A Winter's Tale

More or less flattering but all amusing photos of Supporters through year

Caught-a Supporter!

Pictorial review of summer occasions where TV&GWOT managed to be in two places at once.

Double Dates

The lengths Royal Blue went to to capture spectacular photographs for its publicity and timetables

Perfect Picture

A closer look at MO 9324, a vehicle in the TV&GWOT Collection

Vehicle Profile

In the 1920s and 30s, long before the Middletons brought fame to the village, Bucklebury held claim to the smallest TV bus garage

Thames Valley's Smallest Garage

Recollections of driving Tilling-Stevens B10s, stalwarts of the Taunton single deck fleet

On the Buses - For Real - The Original B10

Pictorial review of the 10th running day

Kingsbridge 2017: The Big Day

How Thames Valley promoted and served the 1951 Festival of Britain

Thames Valley and the Festival of Britain

A driver’s eye view by James Freeman brings the journey alive for readers

The 2021 Royal Blue Run

Martin Curtis relives unexpected excitement at the turn of 1982/3 as WNOC made its final journey in Weymouth

I drove the First and Last – and we are not talking about Land’s End!

A recreation of the CBPS/TV&GWOT vintage bus fly-by around Penzance in April 2021 captured in spectacular photographs by Chris Drew

Flying By….

A quiz posed by Paul Lacey to identify vehicles by their interiors

Step Inside, Love!

David Burch and Mervyn Kendall share illustrated reminiscences of day trips from Plymouth into Cornwall in June 1971 by ‘Travel Anywhere Bus Ticket’

Travel Anywhere! Cornwall fifty years ago

Peter Delaney examines services that, with other operators, took Royal Blue beyond its traditional boundaries into north Kent, Essex and East Anglia.

Beyond the Fringe

North Devon in the 1960s as witnessed by Paul Green who grew up there

Green’s Greens

A remarkable tale of preservation over 70+ years – a Thames Valley Bellgraphic ticket

A much travelled bus ticket

Obituary

Graham Geoghegan, 1926-2021

Obituary with a six-page spread sampling Mike’s photos from across the decades now in the TV&WOT Archive

Mike Stephens 1935-2020

Insight into life at ‘the works’ which set Trustee Graham Green on track for a career in mechanical engineering

Life in the Thames Valley Central Works, 1961-1966

The after-life of Thames Valley Buses as gritters with Berkshire County Council

Ghostly Gritters

Photographs revealing the various cover-ups and modifications made in the latter years of Lodekka operations

Last Chance Lodekkas

A study of express coach services between London and Oxford, a contrast to the more usual services across the TV&GWOT area from the South West to London or the Midlands

Degrees of Coaching

The final instalment of a photographer’s West Country Tour as it reached East Devon and Dorset in September 1980

A Tour of 1980 – Part 5

A reflection on the John’s life and his contributions to vehicle preservation and TV&GWOT archives

Obituary – John Whitehead

The origins of Plymouth’s rural routes and travels from the 1960s to 1991

Plymouth City Transport’s Country Routes – A pictorial journey

The operational history and its epic recovery by TV&GWOT

Safe at Last: Royal Blue Bristol LL6B No. 1264 (LTA893)

Examples of Thames Valley’s care for its employees and families

Thames Valley – An employer for life

Connections between Royal Blue and flying

Coach Air Services

The owner of Western National SUS 603 reflects on the diamond anniversary celebrations that 2020 should have marked

SU Diamond Jubilee – A personal reflection

The evolution of services and vehicles down into the narrow streets of Fowey

Town Service – with a difference – The Fowey Bus & Taxi Service in 1973

A lucky passenger recollects the 1978 tour by the Cotswold PSV group in Western National 262 deep into the West Country as 5o years in preservation are celebrated

262 on Tour

A short history of Thames Valley Route 18, Maidenhead to Marlow

Service 19 minus 1

The tour continues into South Devon with photographs evoking the scene 40 years ago

A Tour of 1980 – Part 4

The TV&GWOT archive reveals the complexities of running a service from Reading, through London to Southend in the early 1980s

Deregulation, Demonstrations and Diversions

The progress of Guys from Thames Valley’s Oxford-based fleet to South Midland

The Red & White Legacy – South Midland’s Guys

A collection of vintage West Country (South Devon) postcards, each featuring contemporary buses

More wish you were there?

A topical look at the ‘face’ coverings worn by buses over the years

Face coverings

A Thames Valley man, perfect gentleman, and long term owner of Thames Valley KSW as well as stalwart Trust Supporter remembered

Peter Pribik 1932-2020

Postcards with bus and coach interests from around Devon and Cornwall provide consolation in place of a 2020 Royal Blue Run

Wish you were there?

On the centenary of the formation of the NOTC, Peter Delaney combines rich archive material to explain the complex dealings

Green National Express Coaches

In place of the annual HCVS London to Brighton Run Paul Lacey recalls a special journey to Madeira Drive in 1958

South Midland Coach to Brighton – with a difference

The double-deck bus tours operated by Plymouth City Transport for nearly 40 years explored by David Burch

More Sightseeing in Plymouth

Colin Billington reveals fascinating insights to be gleaned from GWR Road Motors records for nearly 500 vehicles and over 60 depots

Great Western Road Motors – Depot Allocations 1919-1929

Recollections of the fast changing Thames Valley bus scene of the 1980s and 90s thanks to the Bee Line

That Double Decker Buzz

Memories of Trevor, a loyal Supporter, and of his SU which regularly appeared at Trust events

In Memory of Trevor Leach

As a new skyline emerges at the site of Exeter’s former Bus & Coach Station, Peter Delaney examines the origins and history of coach stations in the city

From Paul to Paris

The tour continues into Cornwall with photographs evoking the scene now nearly 40 years ago

A Tour of 1980 – Part 3

A collation of Supporters’ photographs mark 50 years since Western National’s hold on Trowbridge’s Conigre depot was relinquished to Bristol Omnibus

50 Years Ago in Trowbridge

Andy Richings gives a flavour of the operations and vehicles that have shown visitors the breath-taking views and history that Plymouth has to offer.

Sightseeing Around Britain’s Ocean City

A pictorial round-up of the fun had by all at the Kingsbridge Running Day in September

Work and Play at Kingsbridge

Post-war development of local ‘express’ services for travel around the Reading area

Express Reading: Part 2

Reflections on TV&GWOT’s running day on 8th December, with 5 buses traversing the original route to mark 100 years since the first Reading Corporation Motorbus service

Reading Motorbus Centenary

The tour continues into North Devon with photographs evoking the scene now nearly 40 years ago

A Tour of 1980 – Part 2

The development of this joint operation from its origins in 1954, long before the Thames Valley and Aldershot & District merged, is described

Thames Valley Joint Workings – Route 75: Reading to Guildford

To and fro’ Editor, David Sheppard’s ascendance in the world of bus preservation and operation are brought up to date in this final episode

30 Years’ Service: Part 4

A stunning reminder of the 24 coaches, 650 miles and 16 counties of this ambitious run

Our 2019 Royal Blue Run

Illustrated memories of a touring holiday through Western National territory in September 1980

A Tour of 1980

Tributes to Michael Plunkett (1931-2023) whose Thames Valley Tilling-Stevens MO9324 is kept for posterity in the TV&GWOT Collection.

Michael Plunkett

Marking 40 years since the end of Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Martin Curtis gives lavishly illustrated and fascinating insight to the practices and achievements of BCV.

Inside the Factory

The impact on coach travel and journey times of the routing, terrain and legal limits over the main roads connecting London and Penzance is explored from the earliest days to the motorway era.

The Great West Road

Subsequent to the depot closure in 1973, outstations were established and successive operators have appeared in Tavistock.  John Barley brings the story up to date.

Tavistock Depot: 50th Anniversary of Closure Part 2: The Three Outstations and Other Developments

A sequence of glass plate images from the Bristol Vintage Bus Group Archive show a rare Bristol ‘A’ performing manoeuvres near Bath Old Bridge Terminus.

How to do a threepoint turn in 1936

The circumstances around Western National’s withdrawal from Tavistock on 5 May 1973 are described.

Tavistock Depot: 50th Anniversary of Closure

Thames Valley Motor Tours in charabanc coaches from 1919 into the 1920s were varied and popular as this article reveals.

Early Coaching in the Thames Valley

A day trip to Torpoint and Plymouth in August 1970 is re-lived in excellent photographs.

A Holiday in 1970: Part 2

From behind the wheel of TV&GWOT’s LS No. 1286, readers are taken on the journey from Salisbury to Liskeard (via Seaton), Wadebridge (via Penzance) and Salisbury (via Exeter) with Supporters’ photographs capturing the spectacle.

On the Run! A Driver’s view on the 2023 Royal Blue Run

Sixty years earlier, a young Supporter was also in Wadebridge photographing the fleet of W A Hawkey & Sons enabling us to step back in time.

While in Wadebridge

Parallels are drawn with the recent role of coach travel with strikes on the rail network to circumstances in 1919 and then again in 1955 and 1982

A Striking Opportunity

Pictures show the impact of the severe floods 75 years ago on bus operations across Maidenhead, Reading and Windsor.

The Thames Valley Floods of 1947

A snapshot of the fascinating threads in TV&GWOT’s new Facebook Group, Service23, continuing Supporter dialogue between To and fro’ editions.

All Aboard Service 23!

Pathfinder, Traveller, 10a Princess Square and the intrigue around D G Clifford make for a remarkable tale of Express Coach Services from Plymouth in the 1920s and ’30s.

Finding a Path for Travellers

Looe in SE Cornwall is a picturesque holiday resort as Mike Hodges’s 1970 photos prove capturing service buses and an array of coaches on outbound excursions and incoming tours.

A Holiday in 1970

Inspired by early sightings of VRs at Bristol Commercial Vehicles recalled in Tnf’ 030,  David Burch shares records from observations of the spread of VRs around Plymouth through 1969.

The First Year of Western National’s VRs

Atmospheric pictures of Bristol VRs from Torpoint, a late stronghold for the type, give interesting insight to the logistics of regular river crossings.

Paul Green’s Winter Blues

Martin Curtis reveals further excitement from his youth spent near BCV’s Brislington works and the remarkable revelations more than half a century later.

What are the Chances?

Editor David Sheppard leaps on the example spotted by Martin Curtis, to contrast the lonesome United Welsh (SU) twins with their more numerous Western and Southern National cousins.

The United Welsh Twins

Supporters contribute an array of pictures developing points from To and fro’ 030 and demonstrating the richness of Supporter insights.

Any Questions (Answers)?

The tradition of perusing holiday brochures once Christmas festivities are over, is continued by Peter Delaney with a fascinating account of the rise and decline of coaching holidays by Royal Blue.

Holiday Tours

A look back at Thames Valley in the 1930s and ’40s illustrates the first generation of hybrid / gas propulsion systems for buses - Paul Lacey adds tales of some alarming experiences!

Thames Valley Gas Cars of World War 2

Pictures from the Supporters tour of former Thames Valley depots to pay homage to the company’s centenary.

Thames Valley Tour

James Freeman’s view from the Driver’s cab (of Southern National Bristol LL6B No. 1218 – JUO983) brings the Kingsbridge 7’6” vintage bus running day to life – you’ll wish you’d been there…

Full Frontal Delight! Kingsbridge Running Day 2022

The vehicles employed by Thames Valley’s “Route Servicing Crew” for tree lopping described by Paul Lacey

Route and Branch

Martin Curtis’s recollections from the vantage of a childhood home in Brislington supported by expert research, were prompted by driving 1056 (OTA290G) in service for the Penzance VR revival in April.

Old Friends: Western National’s first VRTs

The Royal Blue run traced parts of early 1930s’ Elliott Bros routes from Bournemouth to Birmingham – here Peter Delaney reveals the history of Link Safety Coaches, a contemporary small operator (1926-1933) who also provided express services from the South Coast to the Midlands.

A Link between Bournemouth and Birmingham

Following To and fro’ correspondence about Scottish buses in the West Country, Peter Snowden’s photograph albums evidence the Alexander interlopers in Cawlett Group’s Southern National operations in the 1990s

Southern National’s Alexander Interlude

A roundup of significant anniversaries for transport businesses in the Thames Valley through 2022.

Anniversaries in the Thames Valley

A Supporter report of the bus adventures enjoyed by Supporters and the visiting public in Cornwall

Easter in Penzance

A Supporter report of the excitement as TV&GWOT’s Thames Valley fleet returned to the road, as one, for the HCVS’s iconic London-Brighton run

Reflections on the 60th HCVS London to Brighton Run

50 years of the Leyland National are celebrated with the tale of the Essex after-life of three former Plymouth City Transport examples

Plymouth Nationals in Essex

A driver’s eye view of the 2022 Royal Blue Run – a legendary journey in its own right with a spectacular destination

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Peter Delaney provides further examples of poster designs, particularly those adopted by Royal Blue – images of coaches are remarkably scarce

Expressing it on a Poster: Part 2

Martin Curtis recalls the Leyland Nationals Southern National provided under his direction for a BBC drama in 1984 ...and the celebrities who starred

Name Dropping in Weymouth

To maintain standardisation in the Thames Valley fleet some 36 vehicles were acquired second hand from United Welsh as detailed and illustrated by Paul Lacey

From the Valleys to the ’Valley – Transfers between Thames Valley and United Welsh

Photos from author Nik Anthony’s first visit to Cornwall in March 1990 give a powerful recreation of the bus scene around the country

The Cornish Adventures of 1990

The many forms of poster used by bus and coach companies to inform and entertain are explored by Peter Delaney giving insight to the services and design styles

Expressing it on a Poster

A calendar in the form of a Williamson ticket brought Peter Snowden decades more pleasure than the more usual Christmas gift

Better than Socks or Pants

The evolution of licensing schemes for buses and coaches from an 1847 Act through to deregulation in the 1980s, with fascinating examples.

Licensing the Service

Paul Green’s photographs from Guildford (1972) give a festive display of reds and greens as Aldershot & District transitioned to the Alder Valley ‘wine’ era with the recent NBC corporate identity also in evidence.

Green’s festive Greens and reds

An illustrated record of transfers between Thames Valley and United Welsh

From the ’Valley to the Valleys

A colourful demonstration of Lodekkas around Taunton photographed by Peter Snowden through the 1970s and early 1980s.

Taunton Lodekkas: The Twilight Years